Cejka Executive Search and Allina Health seek an accomplished nurse leader to serve as the Director of Women and Infants for Allina Health’s largest hospital, Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Allina Health is a not-for-profit system consisting of 12 hospitals, over 65 clinic locations, 15 pharmacies as well as other health care services throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. With over 5,600 FTEs, 1,397 physicians and 675-beds, Abbott Northwestern Hospital is nationally recognized for providing high quality care and service. Abbott Northwestern Hospital is the only Magnet facility in Minneapolis/St. Paul metro and retained first place for the Best Hospital in the Twin Cities and second in Minnesota in the U.S. News & World Report 2017-2018 Best Hospital Rankings.

The Director of Women and Infants will provide strategic, financial, and operational leadership to one of Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s leading service lines. The Director will partner with designated physician leaders to advance business and clinical initiatives to achieve optimal financial performance, physician and patient satisfaction, quality and safety measures, and operational efficiency to ensure Women and Infants provides a best-in-class experience for its diverse patient population. By serving on a Steering Council for Women and Infants, the Director will contribute to advancing quality and service excellence across the Allina Health enterprise. Direct areas of responsibility include Labor & Delivery, Post-Partum, OR and Antepartum. As Allina Health and Children’s Minnesota have a partnership, the neonatal intensive care is provided by pediatric experts from Children’s Minnesota. The Director will work with his/her counterpart at Children’s Minnesota to support the regionally recognized integrated Women and Infants service line.

Women and Infants at Allina Health is a partnership between Allina Health and Children’s Minnesota. Services offered include labor and delivery care for routine and high-risk pregnancies; home health services; integrative services; newborn care; and pain management services with non-medicinal options. Neonatal intensive care is provided by pediatric experts from Children’s Minnesota. Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Women and Infants has the highest number of deliveries within the tristate area with over 5,000 deliveries per year.

Ideal candidates will have progressive management experience with responsibility for optional, financial and clinical oversight of a high volume acute care setting, preferably in Women and Infants, Labor Delivery and/or Post-Partum. A bachelor’s degree in nursing is required, and a master’s degree is preferred.

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